"That family had a one-year-old child. When I sailed past, they handed the child to me first. I took the child on board, and the child's parents got on board. They didn't notice anything unusual afterwards."
Xiao Yuqi continued, "When we were near the shore, someone exclaimed that they saw a group of snakes in the water. I saw a few non-venomous water snakes and immediately chopped them off with my knife. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a green snake jumped up from the shore and went straight to the child. I reached out to grab it, but the child's mother was frightened and fell into the water. When she fell into the water, she bumped into me, and I am now like this."
Originally, according to Xiao Yuqi's skills, they were just a few snakes, how could they hurt him?
"How could it be such a coincidence? Was that family caught?"
"I immediately sent people to arrest the three members of that family. If they came with the intention of dying, I'm afraid there would only be a few corpses left, and I wouldn't be able to get any useful information from them."
Anyone who can still lend a hand to the disaster relief team at a time like this is definitely not a Beihu person.
"Do you already know who the murderer is?"
Su Jianyue asked, holding his head.
The fingers of Xiao Yuqi's one hand were holding the testing line, and the hand closer to Su Jianyue was just empty.
He pressed Su Jianyue's head down.
...
...
"Sleep well."
He said.
"The murderer must be one of the emperor's uncle's men. He came here with me and took the opportunity to attack me."
Su Jianyue was puzzled, "He wants the throne?"
"Maybe!"
Xiao Yuqi said slowly: "In the past, the emperor's uncle was not so utilitarian. When I was young, although I lived in the cold palace, I also knew that the emperor's uncle was a wealthy and comfortable prince. If he had not shown the slightest ambition, my father would not have allowed him to supervise the country and assist in the administration before his death, and become the regent prince of the dynasty!"
At that time, there were more than just those princes competing for the throne.
Think about it, how can you allow others to sleep soundly next to a tiger?
If Xiao Linshen, as the late emperor's younger brother, had not been idle and comfortable, and had not lived in harmony with the world, and could have directly threatened the late emperor's position, how could the late emperor have allowed him to live so long?
"Then why did he become like this?"
Su Jianyue lay on the pillow, facing Xiao Yuqi.
She was afraid of pressing on the wires on Xiao Yuqi's body, so she kept some distance from Xiao Yuqi.
"Is it because of... the Queen Mother?"
Su Jianyue imagined a scene in her mind where a brother steals his younger brother's wife and the brothers turn against each other for love.
"no."
Xiao Yuqi pulled the quilt for Su Jianyue.
"My father was passionate throughout his life, and he was not in love with the Queen Mother."
He had loved so many women in his life that he divided his love into countless pieces equally, and fascinated those women.
Everyone thought that they were the exception in the late emperor's mind, but little did they know that each of them was an exception.
"Although the Imperial Uncle has known the Queen Mother for many years, I think the Queen Mother has more affection for the Imperial Uncle. The Imperial Uncle..."
If he really had deep feelings for the Queen Mother, he would not have married Xue Qingyan as the Regent Princess in a formal ceremony just to silence the gossips of the people, even though he knew that the Queen Mother would be sad.
To this day, the beautiful love story of the Regent Princess and the Regent Prince, who accompanied each other in their childhood, supported each other for many years, and never left each other, is still circulating among the people.
Su Jianyue thought, if one day, Xiao Yuqi had such a scandal with someone else, she would probably be very painful, right?
Besides, how could a man who truly loves you let you fall into such pain?
From this we can see that His Royal Highness the Prince Regent does not really love the Empress Dowager.
If you think about it carefully, the Queen Mother is also a pitiful woman.
"Why else could that be?"
What makes a man without ambition suddenly become keen on power? There is only one thing besides women.
"He was always pretending before?"
Xiao Yuqi denied, "Not necessarily. Although my father was born to the empress, his mother was not favored. My uncle's mother was from the Li family, the most aristocratic family at that time. Moreover, his mother was the most favored woman in the six palaces. She was the most favored woman of Emperor Gaozu. With her family background to rely on and the favor of my grandfather, if he really wanted that position at that time, he might not be able to defeat my father."
The implication is that Xiao Linshen may not have really cared much about power before.
Being in the royal family, parental love is a luxury. He has parents who love him and a powerful maternal family. Even if he is not the eldest son or the legitimate son, if he wants it, he will work hard to get it.
There is a high possibility that that position will fall on him. It may not be so easy for the late emperor to succeed to the throne.
"Then tell me, why is that?"
Su Jianyue couldn't understand.
"As long as he is a human, he must have weaknesses. He can't be a person without weaknesses. If we can grasp his weaknesses, your current predicament can be easily solved, right?"
"These days, I have also been thinking about this question. What exactly does the emperor's uncle want?"
There was a hint of worry in his deep brows.
"I even thought about whether he was doing this because of my mother..."
Xiao Yuqi's words came to an abrupt end.
He had been playing against Xiao Linshen for many years, and had narrowly escaped death many times, as well as being surrounded by enemies and having a hard time.
Xiao Yuqi believed that he was the person who knew Xiao Linshen best in the whole world.
The person who knows him best should be Xiao Linshen.
But he could never guess what Xiao Linshen wanted.
The only possibility is my mother.
"Your mother?"
Su Jianyue had never thought of this possibility.
"But I... am not sure."
His brows couldn't help but frown.
"My memories of my mother and I are too brief, and the time between us is too long. Plus, I was very young at the time, so I don't know much. I only remember that when I was young, my mother and I lived in the cold palace. He came to visit my mother twice. I don't know what happened between them or what they said. I only know that the last time they met, they parted on bad terms."
Xiao Yuqi tried hard to piece together the fragmented memories.
"Since then, the emperor's uncle seemed to have become a different person. He lost his carefree attitude and became gloomy and serious."
Later, my mother died.
The former queen who was the instigator of the incident was suspected by his father of having an affair with someone else. The former queen died suddenly, and the former crown prince faked his own death to avoid disaster. Not long after, his father passed away and passed the throne to him.
Xiao Linshen naturally became the regent.
"I even had a feeling that he wanted to kill me, but he couldn't bear to kill me. I didn't quite understand this complex emotion before, but now..."
Xiao Yuqi still couldn't describe the feeling.
But after meeting Su Jianyue, an emotion called love appeared in his heart, and he seemed to understand that emotion a little!
"If he can't get the love of my mother, then his attitude towards me can be explained!"
Su Jianyue: “…”
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